US102189A - Improvement in copy-books - Google Patents

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JOHN D. WILLIAMS,

0F NEW YORIL N.-Y.

Letters Patent No. 102,189, dated April 19, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT INI COPY-BOOKS.

The Schedulevrejerred to in theme Letters Patent and making part of the same.

HOW-- Tofall whom ztmay concern:

Beit known that I, J oHN D. WILLIAMS, of, New York, in the county ofNew York and in the State of n New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Copy-Books; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descripfolding of the book, and the copies arranged on each sidefof said folding-line, iul reverse position from each other, so that the' writing upon each page shall run from the said folding-line toward the outer edges'of the book, the cover being provided with leaves folding over the leaves.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which 'my invention appertainsto make andv use the same, I

will new proceed to describe its construction and. operation, referring to the annexed drawings,'in which- Figure 1 is a. perspective view of my copy-book, with one side of -the cover and its folding-part thrown open.

Figure 2 is a perspective View of the same, open, with thefolding part of one side of the cover thrown over, Vsouie of the leaves, and

, Figure 3 is a plan 4view of the book thrown open. The copy-books heretofore used have had the lilies running lengthwise of the hook; that is, at right angies with thevcenter o r line of folding. The desks, in all public primary schools, are never more than about twelve inches wide, whichis too narrow for the ordinary copy-books in any position. They interfere with the student sitting -in front, and require a cramped position, with its attendant evils, ofthe student writing. All pbjectionsare overcome ny my copy-book.

In the drawings-l A represents the leaves of the book. and

B the cover.

At the ends of the cover are ihldinggparts O, of about the same size as the leaves. y

The superiority of my book lies in the economizing of space in class-writing, which result is produced by the following:

The book, as I intend to make it, is smaller than the ordinary school copy-book, each page containing just space enough for an ordinary class lesson. I do, however, not confine myself to any particular size.

lhe lines and copies run across the `paper,or, in other words, parallel with the center or folding line, the copies being in the center of the open book, permitting the page not in use to fall over the` back of the desk, out of the way of the student writing, and of the student sitting in front.

The folding-parts O of the cover'are to throwover.

the pages or leaves not in use', so 'as to keep them clean. -Haviug thus fully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, s-

A copy-book having the lines running crosswise on the paper; that is, parallel with the center or line of folding, and the copies arranged ou each side of said folding line, in reverse position, so that the writing upon each page shall run from the center outwardly, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

Intestimony that I claim the foregoing, I have hereunto set my hand ,this 9th day of March, 1870. J. D. WILLIAMS.

Witnesses F. W. BAYNUN`S, T. Si JAMES.

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